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Ira Malaniuk

Ira Malaniuk (1919-2009) was an Austrian mezzo-soprano and contralto, admired in Wagner, Strauss and German repertory. She was a major post-war singer at Bayreuth and in Vienna.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Furtwängler’s 1953 Rome Ring cycle and in Wagner with Karajan at Bayreuth.

Malaniuk’s singing combined depth, steadiness and dramatic intelligence, bringing dark colour and firm line to Wagner’s lower female roles...

3 albums
FURTWÄNGLER Wagner Ring Cycle (1953, Rome) - PABX003
FURTWÄNGLER Wagner Ring Cycle (1953, Rome) - PABX003
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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 2. Die Walküre
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 3. Siegfried
WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 4. Götterdämmerung

Recorded in 1953

Rome Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of RAI
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler

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FURTWÄNGLER Wagner Ring Cycle: 1. Das Rheingold (1953, Rome) - PACO057
FURTWÄNGLER Wagner Ring Cycle: 1. Das Rheingold (1953, Rome) - PACO057
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WAGNER Der Ring Des Nibelungen: 1. Das Rheingold

Recorded in 1953
Total duration: 2hr 37:50

Rome Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of RAI
conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler
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KARAJAN Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Bayreuth, 1952) - PACO185
KARAJAN Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Bayreuth, 1952) - PACO185
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WAGNER Tristan und Isolde

Live festival recording, 1952
Total duration: 3hr 48:33

Tristan - Ramón Vinay
Isolde - Martha Mödl
Brangaene - Ira Malaniuk
Marke - Ludwig Weber
Kurwenal - Hans Hotter

Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Herbert von Karajan

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